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ArchDaily
This 2020 was a opportunity to focus all our efforts and attention on the most urgent issues of architecture.
ArchDaily
The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development is calling for plans to build 100 percent affordable housing on Staten Island.
NZ Herald
NZ's team of 5 million prevailed over Covid-19 in 2020. But how did our leaders unite us?
ArchDaily
As we look towards the future and speculate about what cities could and should be, maybe it's time to take the lessons learned from past urban projects.
ArchDaily
For international practice Woods Bagot, the firm's three US studios are now each run by women, and their combined leadership is creating more inclusive futures.
Stuff
OPINION: Wellington, it turns out, makes a lot of stuff. Should that be how the city promotes itself?
RNZ
Urban issues commentator Bill McKay takes a look at the pros and cons of how Covid affected us in the urban environment this year, and what changes we may see in our future. Bill McKay is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of Auckland.
Stuff
OPINION: As a community builder I can see how painful it is when we’re separated from our food.
The Conversation
Walking all parts of Melbourne before and after the pandemic hit was eye-opening. It brought home just how much change is possible if we wish for a better, more sustainable way of living.
Newsroom
The Royal Commission into the March 15 attack recommends a revolutionary approach to counter-extremism, based on tightening the social bonds of inclusivity and diversity.
Stuff
OPINION: Attempts to create social cohesion failed in the years before the mosque attacks.
www.bbc.com
Daily life in shared communities can bring support, company and solidarity. But how do these communities adapt when a pandemic hits?
ArchDaily
Winy Maas, co-founder of MVRDV and The Why Factory discusses ideas that are seemingly larger than life, pushing boundaries.
ArchDaily
Activist builder Shelley Halstead and architects Peter Birkholz and Katie Swenson stand out as champions of adaptive reuse as tools for providing better housing
The Conversation
Brisbane City wants to preserve backyards, but they account for much of the open space lost to development under policies that also aim to increase housing density in existing urban areas.
Newshub
These three come to mind and I want to hear your ideas, writes Duncan Garner.
Stuff
A 10-year plan to address the unreliability of Christchurch's public transport will be considered by Canterbury councils this week.
RNZ
A prominent Wellington concert promoter says the capital is languishing behind other regions and needs a large multi-purpose arena for gigs. A report commissioned for the region's economic development agency, WellingtonNZ, looked at the buildings it manages, including the Michael Fowler Centre and TSB Arena and the need to "future-proof" them. Jonathan Mitchell reports.
Stuff
E-bikes are on track to overtake new car sales by next year. They could be critical to solving our transport emissions crisis.
Newsroom
Labour has quietly dropped a plan it said would ease the supercity's housing woes.
Newsroom
Our housing crisis is creating intergenerational havoc and drastically widening the wealth gap. Susan St John has some ideas to ensure we go into next year with a plan.
ArchDaily
UN-Habitat has created the Participatory Incremental Urban Planning Toolbox, a step-by-step methodology to implement urban planning processes.
ArchDaily
Autodesk has just acquired Spacemaker, a platform that gives architects and developers the automation superpower to test design concepts in minutes.
The Spinoff
In a new regular feature, we survey a group of 100 people via Stickybeak and ask them 10 questions. Today, what do Wellingtonians think about perceptions of their city? And what do they think of Aucklanders? Can’t beat Wellington on a good day? Andrea Vance can. Wellington based Stuff columnist b
the Guardian
Ever since that summer’s day I’ve been thinking about the big stuff: did I briefly cross over? How do I repay society?, says Jonathan Watts, the Guardian’s global environment editor
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